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ALBION L. DAY, OF URBANA, OI-IIO.

OIL-CAM SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,965, datedFebruary l0, 1885.

Application iiled October 9, 1884. (No modell) .T0 all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, ALBION L. DAY, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Urbana, in the county of Champaign and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans, and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and gures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of' this specification, in which- Figure l isa perspective view of my improved oil-can. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionof the same, and Fig. 8 is a perspective View of the hollow plunger.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to cans for storing and dispensing oil andother fluids, in which the oil is forced out through the delivery-tubeby air-pressure; and it consists in the improved construction andcombination of parts ofthe same, as herei nai'ter more i'ul ly describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the can, the top Bof' which is provided with a neck. O, having an annularinwardly-projecting llange, D, in its lower end, and a reduced upperend, E, forming a shoulder, F. An annular rubber packing, G, isinterposed between the shoulder and the Bange, and a hollow plunger, H,fits in the aperture of the said packing, being capable l of beingreciprocated in the neck. The upper end of this plunger is provided witha bail or handle, I, and is closed and provided with a smallupwardly-projecting tube, J, which is provided with a removable plug orcork, K. A tube, L, opens at the lower end of the can into the same andpasses up along the side of the same, being protected from injury by aprotecting-strip, M, V-shaped in crosssection, and secured with itsedges to the sides of the can and the open upper end of theupwardlypassing tube is providedvwith a flexible tube, N, through whichthe oil or other fluid may be filled into its destined vessels. It willnow be seen that when the oil or other fluid contained in the can is to-be dispensed, the* stopper is removed from the small tube in theplunger, which is thereupon raised, drawing a quantity of air into theplunger. closing the tube with one finger, the other fingers being usedfor depressing the plunger by the bail or handle, the air in the plungerwill press upon the contents of the can and force them out through theoutlet-tube, and the amount of liquid desired to be forced out may begaged by the height to which the plungerl is raised.

Il' desired, the small tube in the upper end of the plunger may beprovided with an inwardly-opening valve, which will allow the air toenter, but will prevent it from passing out. v

Vhen the can is to be filled, the plunger may either be removed, or thesmall tube may be closed, the plunger raised, drawing a quantity ot' airfrom the can, which may be expelled by again opening the small tube andallowing the air to pass out, the iiexible ontlet-tube being immersed inthe fluid to be drawn into the can, and the said liuid passing into thecan when the plunger is raised, the entire perforinzituee ol' forcingthe fiuid out of the can being reversed.

Having thus described m yinven tion, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States In a vessel for storing anddispensing fluids, the combination of the can having a neck at its top,provided at its lower end with an inwardly-projecting annular iiange,and formed with an annular shoulder at its upper end, the annularelastic packing interposed in the neck between the liange and theshoulder, the hollow plunger provided at its upper end with a handle orbail and with a small tube provided with a removable stopper, and theoutlet-tube opening at the bottom of the can, passing up on the side of'the same,lv and provided at its upper end with a flexible tube, as andfor the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony whereof I afIiX my signature in Apresence of two witnesses.

ALBION L. DAY.

lVitnesses:

T. II. ODENBAUGH, ABRAHAM SMITH.

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